Recipe:
Turmeric-Spiced Chicken Tacos

With Tomato-Avocado Salsa

Overview

Turmeric and vine-ripened tomatoes are an earthy-meets-sweet healthy blend of ingredients.

Turmeric’s active ingredient, curcumin, has been long known for its anti-inflammatory properties. Recent medical research is revealing much more, as turmeric is being used to treat health conditions from cancer to Alzheimer’s disease.

The lycopene in tomatoes is a powerful antioxidant that shows promise with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, prostate cancer,and even male infertility.

Avocado is very heart-healthy: Avocado oil can help lower cholesterol and regulate blood pressure. (Learn more about avocado oil.)

So you can legitimately tell guests that they’re eating “healthy tacos.”

What’s the difference between a taco and a tortilla?

In Mexico, the word “taco” is a generic term, like “sandwich.”

A tortilla can be made of flour or corn, served soft or fried-and-folded into a U-shaped holder.

A “taco” is simply a tortilla wrapped around a filling. Anything wrapped in a tortilla becomes a taco. As with a sandwich, the filling can be almost anything.

Turmeric-Spiced Chicken Tacos With Tomato-Avocado Salsa

This recipe for Turmeric-Spiced Chicken Tacos With Tomato-Avocado Salsa is great for easy entertaining, since you can make the chicken and salsa ahead of time. Set both out on the table along with lettuce and flour tortillas, and let guests build their own chicken tacos. Prep time is 15 minutes, but make sure to leave enough time to allow the chicken to marinate for at least 30 minutes before cooking. Cook time is about 16 minutes.

If you don’t want the carbs of the tortilla, you can enjoy the spiced chicken on a bed of greens. You can turn it into a “chicken taco salad” by serving tortillas or tortilla chips on the side.